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Review: ATI Radeon 9600XT (/w NV36)

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 15 October 2003, 00:00

Tags: ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD)

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Gun Metal 2

  • Author: Yeti Studios
  • DirectX Class: 9.0
  • Pixel and Vertex Shaders: Yes (PS1.4, VS2.0)


Previous drivers (45.xx, 51.75) ignored user set aniso or anti aliasing settings, however 52.xx seems to have fixed this. With 4x aniso applied at all times by the game, and judicious use of NVIDIA's Cg runtime for most shader effects, Gun Metal 2 is an NVIDIA card favourite in the mid range. 9600XT doesn't do badly however all cards struggle to some degree, even 9800XT.

Notes

CATALYST 3.8 seems to have a shadowing bug, since cloud shadows in Gun Metal 2 are rendered incorrectly on the Radeon's. Possibly Cg related? Otherwise the near stage aniso filter seems to be excellent on all cards and general IQ is great across the board.